Donuts were originally invented by the Dutch, whose navy used them as life preservers so that shipwrecked sailors would make sweeter snacks for passing kraken. Grab hold of sweet, cakey circles with today’s Groupon: for $12, you get 18 donuts (a $24.57 value) at Mighty-O donuts in Wallingford. The sustainable, community-minded bakery makes all its donuts from scratch—the only known substance that can take the form of a liquid, solid, gas, or baby giggles—using cholesterol-free ingredients with no artificial flavors or coloring. Sharpen sweet teeth on an 18-pack of coffee-dunking delicacies such as lemon poppy, chocolate raspberry, apple spice, and pumpkin glaze. Mighty-O donates all overbaked and day-old donuts to local non-profits and keeps their facility green by recycling and composting.

Reviews

Bon Appétit magazine named Mighty-O donuts one of the top ten places for donuts in America. Mighty-O's vegetarian and vegan friendly donut options were featured by the Seattle Times. More than 300 Yelpers give Mighty-O donuts an average rating of 4.5 stars.

• Here, the ethereal sugar rings (in flavors like lemon poppy seed, spiced cake with maple glaze, and chocolate iced with peanuts) are all that—and organic to boot. – Andrew Knowlton, Bon Appétit magazine
• I can't have dairy ingredients, so the fact that there are donuts I can eat is great to start with, but these are FABULOUS, like others have said, "not just 'good, for a vegan don't', but fantastic, for ANY donut". – Angi L., Yelp